Vegetable-grater



( No Model.)

P. BLUM.

VEGETABLE GRATER.

Patented Jan. 2.6, 1886.

WITNESSEQ ATTORNEYS.

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PETER BLUM, OF ORRVILLE, MISSOURI.

VEGETABLE-GRATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 33 L931, dated January26, 1886. Application filed April 6, 1885. Serial No. 161,291. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER BLUM, of Orrville, in the county of St. Louisand State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved VegetableGrater,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my new and improved vegetable-grater.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same on line was of Fig.

1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on the line y y of Fig. 2.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the box or frame of my newvegetable'grater. B represents the gratingcylinder, and G represents afollower that forms one side of the hopper, in which the vegetable to begrated is placed.

The box or frame A is composed of the main side pieces or boards, a a,and the short intermediate board, I), placed between the boards a a, attheir upper ends, and held in this in stance by the pins 0, made at theedges of the board, entering the holes 0, made in the side boards, a a,as shown clearly in the drawings. The side pieces or boards, a a, arebolted together by the bolt D.

The cylindrical grater B is made of sheet metal punched to form thecutting-points b, and it is attached at one end to the circular head E,that is formed with the circular hub or projection e, which has abearing in the circular opening e, made in the side board, a, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2. The opposite end of the grater B is open, andis placedin the circular groove f, made in the inner surface of the side board,a, and within the circular groove f is formed in the side board, a, theaperture 9, through which the grated material entering the cylinder maybe discharged from the interior of the grating cylinder B.

The cylinder B is adapted to be revolved for grating the vegetables bythe crank F, attached to the hub e, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The follower O is pivoted at its lower end, below the axis of thecylinder, upon the pins h h, working in apertures h h, so that it isadapted to be moved to and from the gratingcylinder B, for pressing thevegetable to be grated upon the outer surface of the cylinder. The sideboards, a a, have the curved slots 3' j formed in them to receive thepins t t, formed upon or attached to the upper end of the follower C, sothat the pins will act as guides and stops to the forward and backwardmovement of the follower G.

In use the vegetable to be grated will be placed in the grater upon thegrating'cylinder B, and the cylinder revolved by crank F, and at thesame time the operator will draw the follower 0 forward, which willpress the vegetable upon the cylinder B and facilitate the work ofgrating.

I am aware that a thrashingmac-hine has been provided with a concavepivoted at its lower end and slotted at the upper ends of its sides toreceive setscrews; also, that a cylindrical grater has been mounted on aspool having end bearings in the transverse aperture of the casing;also, that a vegetable-cutter has been provided with a eoneshapedcuttercylinder having a shaft at one end. which shaft was mounted on abracket secured to the frame, the opposite end of the cylinder workingin a circular opening in the frame, and I claim no such construction asof my invention.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination,with the frame and the grating-cylinder mountedtherein, of the hopper consisting of the inclined board b, adjacent toand extending above the cylinder at one side thereof, and the concavedfollower O, pivoted at its lower end below the axis of the cylinder andextended upward to a point at or near the upper open end of the frameabove the cylinder, substantially as set forth.

2. A grating-machine consisting of the side boards, a a, having centralapertures, e g, the upper and lower apertures 0 above and to one side ofthe central apertures, the apertures h below and to one side of thecentral apertures, and the segmental slots j above the centralapertures, the grating-cylinder at the central apertures, the board I),having tenons fitting into the apertures c, and the follower O, havingtenons h and 6, working in the apertures h and segmental slots j,respect erture a, and the opposite open end of the ively, substantiallyas set forth. cylinder having a bearing in the groove f, IO

3. The frame A, having the apertures e and substantially as set forth.

g in the side boards, a a", respectively, and

5 the groove f in the inner face of the board to,

around the apertureg, in'combination with \Vitnessesz.

the grating-cylinder B, secured at one end to DANIEL REINHARDT,

the circular head, having a bearing in the ap- I ANDREW BLUM.

PETER BLUM.

